The Longer The Shutdown Lasts, The Better... I & I Editorial Board

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The Longer The Shutdown Lasts, The Better
I & I Editorial Board
October 23, 2025
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We have no idea how the government shutdown, now in its fourth week and the second longest in history, will end, or how. But what is increasingly clear is how badly Democrats miscalculated on this one.

Consider three bits of news from this week:

First, the shutdown isn’t hurting Republicans.

In fact, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that President Donald Trump’s approval rating has ticked up by two points to 42% since the shutdown started. Other polls find it unchanged. The Real Clear Politics average shows Trump’s disapproval at 52%, which is down a point from the day before the shutdown started.

That same Reuters poll showed that the public is mostly split on who deserves blame for this shutdown, which is in stark contrast to past shutdowns, during which the Republicans were overwhelmingly blamed.

Second, the GOP isn’t cowering in fear. “I don’t know what there is to negotiate,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said at a meeting with fellow senators at the White House this week. “Open up the government first.” He told reporters that Republicans are “a united team.”

They shouldn’t negotiate because they have the upper hand on messaging. To wit, the Democrats are holding the country hostage because they want to borrow and spend $1.5 trillion on health care for illegals, Obamacare for the well-to-do, and a host of woke programs the general public doesn’t want.

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[BobfromWB]

People who will not be getting their SNAP benefits, US troops, Federal workers of all types just love not getting paid ... don't be stupid this hurts everyone a lot.

[Kamaji]

People who will not be getting their SNAP benefits, US troops, Federal workers of all types just love not getting paid ... don't be stupid this hurts everyone a lot.

Then they should be demanding that the democrats agree to pass a clean continuing resolution.  The benefits and wages of honest Americans should not be held hostage to benefits for illegals.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The Dems hurt Americans to help illegal alien criminals.

[berdie]

Then they should be demanding that the democrats agree to pass a clean continuing resolution.  The benefits and wages of honest Americans should not be held hostage to benefits for illegals.

 

[Hoodat]

... don't be stupid this hurts everyone a lot.

Oh sure, this hurt me because Big Government won't be borrowing another $40 billion dollars this week to fund its excesses while saddling my grandchildren with that debt.  That's $132 billion in new debt over the past 23 days that we now don't have.  Or better yet, $132 billion in value that would have been stolen by the expansion of the money supply that did not take place.  This shutdown is the best thing government has ever done for me in my entire lifetime.

[Smokin Joe]

One thing about a prolonged shutdown, is that those jobs thought nonessential which actually are essential, are having the best people quietly called back in to work. Separate the wheat from the chaff.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Oh sure, this hurt me because Big Government won't be borrowing another $40 billion dollars this week to fund its excesses while saddling my grandchildren with that debt.  That's $132 billion in new debt over the past 23 days that we now don't have.  Or better yet, $132 billion in value that would have been stolen by the expansion of the money supply that did not take place.  This shutdown is the best thing government has ever done for me in my entire lifetime.